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Subject: PKI TC F2F cancelled due to Hurricane Isabel
Hurricane Isabel is currently predicted to hit the Washington, DC area on Friday. This is "one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in recent memory", according to a Reuters report. John Sabo tells me that smaller storms in recent years have caused widespread power outages and serious property damage in the Washington, DC area. Therefore, John and I have agreed that we must cancel the OASIS PKI TC face-to-face meeting previously scheduled for September 19, 2003 in Herndon, Virginia. I'm disappointed, but it would be irresponsible to place our members in such danger. And it seems likely that we would not be able to get anything done at that time in that location, due to the weather. Although there is considerable uncertainty in the forecasts and it is possible that the storm might suddenly blow out to sea, the odds strongly favor a major storm in the DC area on that date. Waiting longer to decide about cancellation would just inconvenience our members more. I apologize to all those who have made travel plans and will lose some deposits. By cancelling four days in advance, I hope you will be able to recover some. Next, I'd like to ask how to fill the gap left by this cancellation. We could schedule a face-to-face meeting on one of the backup dates: September 29 or 30. Or we could schedule a long conference call (or several shorter ones) to accomplish the work we planned for the face-to-face meeting: reviewing the results of the Follow-up Survey and agreeing on our Action Plan. I don't think that we should consider having a face-to-face meeting in October. John's schedule is very busy and I want to get moving on this Action Plan! Please let me know which of these you would prefer and which ones would be acceptable to you: 1) Face-to-face meeting September 29 2) Face-to-face meeting September 30 3) Conference calls The sooner we can decide this, the better. Especially if we decide on a face-to-face meeting. As for myself, any of these are fine. I'd prefer a face-to-face meeting if we can get 5 or 6 people to attend in person. Otherwise, I'd go for conference calls. Thanks, Steve
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